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[Leyland Worldmaster]

Observed yesterday... 

[Fumbler]

Father took the BX for a spin and likes it, so that's good. However, it kept cutting out at stops if there wasn't any choke applied. I think some tuning might be in order tomorrow if the drive to the unit is a repeat of just now.

[richardmorris]

My dad informs me that when he took the fiat out yesterday for a 20mile trip to chester and back on the dual carriageway that there was a puddle of coolant on the garage floor. NSF

its obviously lost some as he said it had a couple of inches in the reservoir, and I always keep it to max. My guess is a hose clamp is loose ( they’re the really annoying Italian spring clip things ) or the rad is leaking. Easy enough if I can go up and see - but wales is still saying NO to cross border travel.

[Asimo]

 

If you mix some of this brake fluid into your lawnmower’s petrol, the exhaust smells of Castrol-R.

 

[brownnova]

39 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

but wales is still saying NO to cross border travel.

Only until the 12th April.

[richardmorris]

26 minutes ago, brownnova said:

Only until the 12th April.

Ah. When are overnight stays indoors allowed?

[Cookiesouwest]

1 hour ago, richardmorris said:

My dad informs me that when he took the fiat out yesterday for a 20mile trip to chester and back on the dual carriageway that there was a puddle of coolant on the garage floor. NSF

its obviously lost some as he said it had a couple of inches in the reservoir, and I always keep it to max. My guess is a hose clamp is loose ( they’re the really annoying Italian spring clip things ) or the rad is leaking. Easy enough if I can go up and see - but wales is still saying NO to cross border travel.

Support bubble? 

[richardmorris]

Just now, Cookiesouwest said:

Support bubble? 

I’m in my sister’s. And visiting at the moment. There’s no rush, the dam car has done 78 miles in the last 15 months!

[mitsisigma01]

1 hour ago, Asimo said:

exhaust smells of Castrol-R.

Heavenly 🤪

[ruffgeezer]

Still looking at wiring diagrams for the van, seems I'm missing a live somewhere... 

 

Edit; full diagram attached for anyone who fancies having a look, item 1304 seems to be missing a live, the one responsible for turning the ECU on with the ignition. Thanks.

pugexpert.pdf

[Ghosty]

On 4/1/2021 at 7:27 PM, richardmorris said:

Nissan NPT-90, 15 made. Mainly used in IMSA events. 

[Merryck]

4 hours ago, Ghosty said:

Nissan NPT-90, 15 made. Mainly used in IMSA events. 

I’d daily drive it.

Fun fact - I’ve got part of the front clamshell from a Mazda 767B hanging on my garage wall.

[Mally]

16 hours ago, Talbot said:

 

All now superceeded by the 13-pin euro plug, which is actually a lot better than 12N/12S.

I hate the 13 pin with a passion. Too many wires, too small pins, if you stick a 7 pin adaptor in they start playing up.

Never had a problem with the old type.

I'm a bit of a Luddite though, spent hours yesterday, marvelling  at my Saab floppy top working, and that's 20 years old.

[HMC]

I had to move the cars about so decided to to a Mercedes estate face off.
 

[richardmorris]

50 miles to the support bubble is the furthest the 2cv has been since 2019!

[vulgalour]

That's a first.  Came back from the shop to find the Shite Fairy had paid a visit and left a couple of things under the wiper of the Maestro.  I don't remember leaving a bowl of rust and 10mm sockets out to receive this reward.  Flasher relay is Princess compatible, not sure what the condensor is for.

[HMC]

All tastes catered for at a local village garage dead car park....

 

 

[brownnova]

Took Bonk the magic wagon out to a garden centre today.... 

 

I managed my first A-road overtake in a left hand drive car.... felt like a winner! 

Also figured out the under-reading Speedo. I think it’s been reconfigured so that 40 kmh is 20 mph, 60 is 30, 80 is 40 etc etc. This will save my phone battery! 

[Talbot]

11 hours ago, HMC said:

Mercedes estate face off.

I know the 210 is a better more modern car, but the 124 just looks more impressive.  The rounded-off jelly-mould of the 210 just doesn't have the same "presence" as the 124 does.

[stuboy]

Been round sorting the deceased uncles house and found few bits ... mini said made for Luton and some 1 size  fits all spanners

[somewhatfoolish]

3 hours ago, HMC said:

All tastes catered for at a local village garage dead car park....

 

 

Late registration madness with the X1/9?

[sofarsogood]

https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/gallery/new-pictures-classic-car-museum-5252800

Not sure if its already been mentioned but a new car museum is opening up in Ambergate. Apparently you can drive some of the exhibits.

[artdjones]

My new Berlingo has seriously blotted it's copybook. It ran beautifully at the time I bought it, but it was booked in for a test on Thursday, after a full service with new front padsand a track rod end. A couple of days before I warmed the van up and noticed it smoking more than it had before. I put it on Diagbox and checked the injector corrections, which were all pretty much ok. Then I changed the MAF which was a pattern one, for a secondhand genuine sensor which I had, which cured the smoking. I warmed the engine up fully and it was ok. Unfortunately then the oil pressure light started coming on at idle. 

I hoped at first that the sensor was giving trouble, but then I noticed that when left to idle for a couple of minutes the tappets started to rattle, showing that not enough oil was getting through. These engines are notorious for blocking the sump strainer with sludge. So the next stage was to check that. When I got underneath I noticed a large dent in the sump, which I thought might be so close to the pickup pipe that it would cut off the oil supply. I got a new sump and whipped the old one off together with the pickup. On examination, the sump, although dented was completely unsludged, and the pickup gauze was completely free of blockage.So I put everything back hoping that the big dent in the sump was causing the problem, but on starting up the warning light was still on. I did think that the new oil filter might be faulty, so I got a new  one Purflux one, but that had no effect either. All I can presume is that the oil pump is faulty in some way.

So I decided to swap engines. I was able to buy back my old C5, which has done over 200k, but is still running beautifully, as it's had very regular oil changes throughout its life. Obviously the ancillary items on the engine will have to be swapped over, but the basic block and head are the same. I got the whole car for €100, and the engine had a quite recent timing belt and water pump, which is about the same price as an oil pump.

So I started stripping the van today. My drive now looks like it belongs to an itinerant scrapman.

[Jenson Velcro]

It’s a lovely day to be swallowing dried mud and cow shit while fixing your rusty Land Rover 

[Jenson Velcro]

Oops, rotten right through. That’s supposed to carry the back of the fuel tank.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

4 minutes ago, Jenson Velcro said:

Oops, rotten right through. That’s supposed to carry the back of the fuel tank...

That went well!

[Jenson Velcro]

That went well!

Fortunately I have replacements, just hope there’s enough of the main chassis left to weld them to


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[rob88h]

2 hours ago, Jenson Velcro said:

 

It’s a lovely day to be swallowing dried mud

 

My thoughts exactly. Time to start making the popups a bit less manual now unicorn parts have been sourced and have arrived.  I have some helpers, I just hope the 10mm socket doesn’t go missing*...

[N19]

If it does, it should hopefully come out the other end...

[richardmorris]

Get them started young! She’s in her French taxi uniform !